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Just wanted to pop in and share a few custom orders that I've just finished up this week.

These cute chalkboard tags are on their way to their new home! In our Etsy shop we sale these with wire hangers and a piece of ribbon. Our customer wanted to hang them with just ribbon. So we made her a custom order!

She shared with me what she is going to use them for. She said she has a wall with photos of places she's traveled and visited. She wants to hang these with the photos and label the locations of her travels. How fun is that?! I love hearing the ideas and ways others are using our items!

These cute white magnets we usually offer in a set of four. For a recent custom order we did 14 magnets all individually packaged. They are going to be used for party favors at a babyshower. I love that idea! Who wouldn't want to go home with something like this?!

This is a quick shot of my desk of part of the process of these darling little packages. I love how they turned out. I'm hoping they all love them as much as I do!

Here they are in their own little package with some vintage music paper and topped off with sweet little butterflies. I think they would look darling all nesteled in a cute little basket or container.

So many fun and different ways to package these up to match any event or party! If you are in need of a custom order let us know!

Next week I will show you how to make these sweet little tag toppers in case you want to try it on your own!

There are so many talented people out their and so many wonderful things to choose from!

We know you have many choices when it comes to purchasing supplies or handmade items. Thanks so much for those of you that have purchased from my shop in the past. I hope you will find our new Etsy store a fun place to visit and shop!

Some of you may already know that we recently opened the store. Just thought I would share here to spread the word along with a few photos!

I think this advent calendar is one of my favorite things right now! I'm in love with the colors and textures on it. Plus all the pockets have been hand stamped and adorned with vintage and new embellishments to add to the charm and vintage feel. I love the way the unfinished edges on the pockets look and add texture. It was definitely a fun project to work on!

One of my favorite things to do when relaxing is to do some hand stitching. This calendar has plenty of that to add to the style of it. Lots of love went into each of these calendars. One of our ideas was to use it as a gratitude countdown. The pockets are big enough to fit a small tag. Every day each family member writes something they were grateful for on a tag and put it in the pocket. As a family you can read them together each night or make it a weekly thing.

In doing the tags I thought it would be fun to have your kids especially write their names and dates on the back. For us moms this will be a fun thing to look back on in the future. The tags can be added to scrapbook pages, mini albums, or even strung on a ribbon to look at.

Here you can see some tags in pockets 8 and 9. I have several of these cute tags made up and ready to photograph. I'm trying to get them in the shop soon. Of course you could always make your own tags. It would even be fun to do as a family.

The calendar is displayed with a hand painted hanger. We've also added handmade fabric flowers layered with vintage buttons. The hanger comes off the calendar for easier storage.

Hope you have enjoyed this update. I will continue to share shop goodies along with some art journaling. I have a few things I've been working on in my journal. Also a fun way to get out of your comfort zone when working in your journals.

Thought I would pop in and update the progress on the shop! We have been working hard on photographing all the product that we had on hand. Along with this we have been busy coming up with and working on a few new ideas! If you follow us on facebook or instagram then you have been able to follow along on the progress and the sneak peeks I've been sharing.

This is the most recent photo that I shared earlier today. It's a quick photo of an advent calendar that we are working on! They are turning out so cute! I'm thinking I need to keep one for myself! Yikes! Even though I love how it's coming out we hit a few setbacks with it this past weekend and it was at the point of throwing it away! At least frustration wise! After taking a break and tweaking a few things my amazing mom has worked it out!

We are in the process of loading editing, pricing, finding shipping info, and all that fun behind the scenes stuff that some of us creative people don't love! I promise it is almost there! We will be opening very soon and then just adding as we go, because if we wait until it's perfect, well...

If you want to follow along find us on Facebook here. You can also find us on Instagram here.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments and support! We are super excited to share this with you!

One last photo to get you in the Halloween mood!

I found these quirky vintage skeletons in my stash and added a fun little bow-tie! These will be in the shop for a super deal! Plus I have an idea in my head that I'm going to see how it turns out with one of them!

I am on cloud nine today! Yes because I finally get to share some news that I have been wanting to share for awhile now. I waited to fix a few bumps in the road, but I just have to share!

Some of you have been long time friends and followers and remember that over 3 years ago I had an Etsy shop. I have always been a lover of creating. My creating ranges from so many things including paper, wood, photography, jewelry, a tiny bit of sewing, painting, drawing and so much more. Creating just fills a space in my soul that just makes me happy! In doing so at an early age I found that I loved sharing those things with others and started with boutiques and craft shows. Those led to so many fun adventures and opportunities. I have been able to meet some amazing people along this journey and be inspired by so many talented people! In doing these things I found a love in teaching and sharing projects. I also developed a true love of vintage and nostalgic items! Finding these things makes me so giddy! I started using these things in most of my projects and home decor. I could be found almost every weekend at the antique stores, garage sales, or thrift stores hunting for that perfect gem! Of course in finding all these little goodies I had a stockpile that was growing much faster then one person could ever possibly use! With this stockpile and my love for wood working I decided to open an Etsy store in 2007. I loved being able to share these found items and ideas with others. My Etsy shop was open for 4 years before I made a decision to put it on "vacation mode". This was such a hard decision for me since I loved what I did, but I had to take some time for me and for my family. You may already know that in March of 2011 our sweet daughter Kelsey passed away at the age of 16 due to some issues with her diabetes. Honestly at the time I didn't think it would take more then 3 years to be in a better place to do this again. I won't get into all the ups and downs now. That's for another reveal soon!

This post is about sharing exciting news! I'm in the process of reopening my shop! I'm so excited to finally be able to do this and share it with you! I had an open date of September 1st, but it's been pushed back just a bit. I will keep you posted as to the exact day! I just couldn't wait anymore to share it!

So what will you be able to find in the shop? Great question! I still have my stockpile and much more! You will be able to find some "oldies, but goodies" including some of the mini kits, wood shapes, vintage supplies etc. These things will be added to the shop first since they are all ready to go!

Is there anything new in the works? Oh so glad you asked! I'm so excited to share that I won't be doing this journey alone! My wonderful and talented mom will be along for the ride with me on this one! I'm so excited to be doing this with her! We have a list of things we want to offer to you. It's almost scary to say it's a long list! So we will just work on that list and add things as we complete them. If they get a good response then we will continue to offer them!

If you follow along with us on Instagram or Facebook then you might have seen this photo yesterday that I shared. This is a peek at some fabric that is being used in a new project! Hoping for it to be done by the time we open!

We are both so excited to be starting this new journey and hope that you will join us! If you haven't joined us on Facebook or Instagram yet then hop on over and do so! All of the updates can be found their first! Don't worry we will still keep you updated here on all that is happening!

!that if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all! well this new typepad format is going to make me say a few things! i had several things up and that wasn't easy getting there and then poof! GONE! okay so we'll try this one again!

so i was saying that one of my favorite things to do is shop at the thrift stores or antique stores looking for that perfect item! either to use in projects, or to add to my home! well i also love to surf ebay or the internet finding those same things! well i went to the mailbox the other night to find it filled with many goodies waiting to be opened! i got another package yesterday morning from ups so aliya and i decided to sit down together and get them all open! i'm not sure who was more excited! aliya opening the packages or me to see the goodies i bought in person. i think she thought i was crazy doing the happy dance with some of the items i got. so i thought i would share with you some of the things that were making me happy! well that is if i can work with typepad :)

so the other night i was having a hard time with some things that were going on and what better way to deal with things then shop! so i went over to etsy to visit one of my favorite stores: simplymeart! if you haven't been to her shop you really need to make a stop over there! just make sure you have money in your pocket book! i can only check out her shop once in awhile, because she's always adding new items and they always seem to what to come home to me!

so i was so excited to open this beautiful box yesterday. of course she didn't disappoint! she also added these wonderful earrings that were made with old Japanese beads! If you have time you can even stop over at jamies blog! i know i will definately go back again!

so the next packages we opened were several different things that i wanted or needed for upcoming classes or for kits on my etsy. my etsy is getting on the low side and needs to be stocked!

these are some of the goodies i was happy to see! aliya thought the rolls of vintage railroad receipts were fun to open. they date back to the early 1900's! i can't wait to use these in a project. then again i just love looking at them and would be content with that for awhile! the vintage english books were fun to open and look at. i loved the insides of the cover. you can see them a bit in the photo. aliya loved looking at some of the pictures that were in the book to.

so the other packages had these little goodies in them. aliya was curious as to what all these keys might open up! of course this is only a small portion of them! i was so happy to stumble across these beauties! now for the vintage bingo boards i thought i had died and gone to heaven. of course aliya had a different opinion. she wasn't really sure what i was so excited about. of course i think it's the wonderful color of blue that had me so happy! my favorite color lately has been anything in blue! well i have enough of these to use in a future project and to add to my etsy store!

well i'm keeping my fingers crossed that this uploads half way decent! not sure what it will look like when i hit publish! in between waiting for photos to upload i've been photographing new trims to add to the store also! hopefully i'll be able to get a few of those uploaded in the next few days! well i'm off to get some wood cut! have a good one!

I was recently asked to donate a piece of my work for a wonderful cause! My good friend Michelle from Devine Memories is currently having a silent auction to raise money for Autism Speaks. I decided to make a Christmas decoration that could be hung just about anywhere! This piece has been hand cut and decorated in reds, whites, and a bit of silver. The piece hangs from a beautiful piece of ribbon (not shown in photo) In case your wondering the piece measures 13" across and 10" down.

The auction begins today and will end Saturday Oct. 20th. Please check out the other items that are also up for auction. Michelle has made a really cute Halloween piece. Kim Kwan has donated an awesome baby art journal! Teresa McFayden has donated one of her tea cup kits that sold out super quick! Let me just say it smells wonderful! Renee Savage made a super cute mini album! Ali Edwards donated 2 signed books! There are also a few baskets of goodies! For more info check out Devine Memories!

As an added bonus they are opening up the auction to anyone that resides in the United States! So if you see something you like and you want to make a bid just shoot me an email!

so this is some of the stuff i was working on yesterday. in fact those cute little bells are sanded and waiting patiently for glitter or bags. in case you can't tell what the other funky shape is... cupcake tops! reminded me of the Seinfeld episode with the muffin tops! anyways their little bottoms were cut this morning along with a flock of about 50 birdies! off to run a few errands and then back to work! also kels is STILL enjoying the sewing process and she's almost done! bless her heart!

i just put this collage piece up in my etsy store today. it's a fun little piece. i just enjoyed some quiet time playing! i have more of a description on my etsy shop and on my missalayneeah blog. hopefully i'll get some more pics up in the photo album (on the side bar) with a closer view. the picture thing isn't cooperating for me. today was a busy day. aliya had preschool and then we had to work on her craft table. she bugged me about all day yesterday and we ran out of time. so it's complete and stocked and she is a happy "creator" i'll post pics tomorrow. also there is still time to join in on the drawing for my give away! i'll have more pics of the give away also. i guess ya better be prepared for another lengthy post!